Category Archives: News
New School Food Program Funding Will Provide Healthy Meals for Students in Every District in BC
Students from across BC will have better access to healthy meals and snacks at school, through the Province's new Feeding Futures Fund. A $214 million investment over the next three years will help ea...
Apr 5, 2023
Police Actions Not to Blame for Death of a Williams Lake Man Last July, According to BC IIO
BC's Independent Investigations Office has determined that police actions were not responsible for the 2022 death of a Williams Lake man. On July 26th of last year, a pair of officers were approached ...
Apr 5, 2023 Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia Logo / Courtesy: IIO BC
Prince Rupert proposed tax increase...decreases
Thanks to a $1 million contribution from City West on March 28, the proposed Prince Rupert tax rate increase has been lowered. Proposed on March 22, Prince Rupert residents were facing a 15.7 percent ...
Apr 5, 2023
Tourism Prince Rupert is Looking for Artists to Design a Welcome Mural Which Doubles as a Photo Opportunity for Visitors
Tourism Prince Rupert is calling for submissions from local artists who want their work to be remembered by visitors for years to come. One selected artist will be paid $1,000 to design a mural which ...
Apr 5, 2023
Mackenzie RCMP Release Sketch of Man Accused of Attempting to Lure a Student into his Truck
Mackenzie RCMP have released a composite sketch of a suspect accused of attempting to lure a local student into his truck She had been walking along Stuart Street at around 11:30 in the morning on Mar...
Apr 5, 2023
Richard "Rocky" Jackson Selected as New Dekama Quock Family Representative for the Tahltan Central Government
Richard "Rocky" Jackson has been selected as the new Dekama Quock Family Representative on the Tahltan Central Government's Board of Directors. Jackson took 71 of 110 total votes cast in last week's b...
Apr 5, 2023
Seabridge Gold Planning Extensive Drilling Program at Iskut, Centred Around Bronson Slope Breccia Pipe Discovered Last Year
Seabridge Gold is planning for an extensive 2023 drilling program at their 100 percent owned Iskut project site. That program is designed to test for deeper gold-copper porphyry systems and to expand ...
Apr 5, 2023
Rock Blasting Activities to be Conducted in Prince Rupert's Industrial Park Today
Crews from Storey's Excavating will be conducting rock blasting activities in Prince Rupert today. Blasts are scheduled to take place in the Industrial Park at 10:00 in the morning, at noon, and at 2:...
Apr 5, 2023
Province and First Nations partner to create Guardian training program
Partnering with First Nations Representatives, the province is providing $8.9 million towards land and resource co-management. Over the next 3 years, that funding will support the development of the G...
Apr 4, 2023
Province announces $214 million for school food programs
A new funding stream named Feeding Futures will provide access to healthy snacks at school. A total of $214 million will be invested by the province over three years to purchase healthy food and hire ...
Apr 4, 2023